No committee assignments for Iowa senator facing ethics charges

DES MOINES -- A Democratic senator facing an ethics investigation has not been given any committee assignments by Senate Minority Leader Janet Petersen.

Petersen, a Des Moines Democrat, announced Democratic committee assignments Friday, but Sen. Nate Boulton, also of Des Moines, was not given any committee responsibilities.

“I will defer making any committee assignments for Senator Boulton until the Senate Ethics Committee completes its ongoing investigation into the complaint filed against him,” she said.

She’s referring to a complaint filed by Des Moines attorney Sharon Wegner outlining allegations she made last May that Boulton pursued her in a bar in 2015 and repeatedly grabbed her buttocks without her consent.

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